Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-11-25
NEWS SUMMARY.

the cIOtne, Win cohi OIL, sol HTe 10 tne
building and then, with a cigar in his
mouth, calmly watched it burn. He did
not arouse the guests, and Harry Connor
who was asleep IN the center OF the house.
was burned To death.
Hayesville, II miles from Wichita,
Kansas, was almost entirely destroyed 10y
fire the other day
over 1900 bales OF cotton were burned
at Greenville, Texas, a few days ago, at "a
loss OF $3.50, coo.
Michael Schwab and Samuel Fielden,
the anarchists, were taken out Of court
solitary the other morning, looking hearty
and bright, and were put to work.
Schwab was put in the convict kitchen
where his work will be to help peel pota.
toes, chop hash and prepare tue convicts'
food. Fle.den was asslgne To the stone
department.
Little Rock Ark, had 500, 90 fire the
other day. The ire was started by IA
cigarette dropped among the Da.ei OF cot
ton in the cotton compress building
A disgraceful scandal IN prison manage.
ment has been unearthed in California
IL is stated that pardons have been pur
chased by the wholesale. Prison Director
Wilkins has resigned.
A blast furnace at Wood side y. j., ex.
ploded the other day. One man has in
stantly killed, and three others seriously,
perhaps fatally injured.
Jesse Pomeroy, tine boy murderer o.
Boston, cut the gas pipe IN his cell, in at
tempting to escape. An explosion fol
lowed, and tle young wretch's sight was
destroyed.
United States Senator Hawley was
married in Philadelphia on the 18th inst,
To Miss Edith horner Of England, VINO
has tor several years been the head nurse
at the Blockley hospital in Philadelphia.
a committee OF union veterans union
called upon the president the other day
and reluested that veteran, in the public
service as clerks snail not he compelled 10
enter into competitive examination TO
retain their POSITIONS and that when they
voluntarily enter examinations FOR pro
motion preference bs given To them The
resident SAID Ne would consider the mat
ter.
Alfred Nelson and Arthur French, aged
respectively IL and : years, quarreleJ
while at play in Weston, Mass. Nelson
threw IA sharp stone which struck French
ia the neck, seyerinS his jugular vein,
causing him TO bleed to death IN few
minutes. IL is doubtful if the assailant
viii be prosecuted on account of his
youth
The Crow Indians who caused the
trouble at the Crow Agency are now in
carcerated at Fort Smelling, where they
will be confined until the secretary of the
interior makes some decision ia their
case.
1t transpires that Engle, the executed
anarchist, was "a bigamist as well, Mrs.
Margaret Engle OF Racine, Wis,
claiming TO be his wife sac says she
married Eagle in Germany a number Of
years ago. They came to Racine, Wis,
where he deserted her
y very rich fad OF gold has been dis
covered on the Has,Gyamps river, in
Arizona.
Mrs. Cleveland, who became interested
in the American chapel while in Berlin
three years ago has consented to receive
church in that city.
Kansas City business men are working
hard to build up a trade with Mexico.
Anarchists are MAKE an effort to raise
permanent defense fund.
y member OF the fisheries com mission
suggests that we buy the fishing prov
inces OF Canada, and states that $50 OOJ,-
zoo will settle the whole affair.
An official list OF the members Of the
next house of representatives, shows that
the ne 1t house VIII consist OF l6S demo
Gratis, l53 republicans and four indepen-
dents. The independents are Anderson
Of Iowa, Nichols OF North Carolina, Hop
kins of Virginia and Smith of Wisconsin.
Land Commissioner Sparks has resigned,
and his resignation has been accepted.
Second Auditor Day has submitted his
annual report to the secretary of the
treasury in regard to the examination OF
accounts OF disbursement by the army
and the Indian bureau. There arc up
ward A. 90 claims awaiting adjudica-
cation. figures show that nearly three
times as many claims were presented in
1857 than in ISL. THIS increase is attrib-
utable to new legislation and decisions Of
the supreme court and the second comp
tro OF.
Miner and Carson, fashonably dressed
men, arrested in Chicago charged with
vagrancy, have been identified as the per-
pe,rator, of the largest bank robbery on
record-that Of stealing $40, 900 in securi
ties from the office of James Young, New
York broker, in l,'3. They will probably
/ arralgned Tor burglaries committed at
Boston.
Armed guards keep watch day and night
over the vault in Waldheim cemetery,
where the bodies OF Spies, Parsons, Engel,
Fischer and Lingg are now resting. They
are in the employ OF the defense commit
tee and the intention is to maintain a
guard until permanent burial place has
leen secured Friends of the executed
men are generally in favor OF purchasing
few acres of land adjacent to the city
and reserving it for this purpose.
Extensive forest fires are raging in Ten
nessee.
The executive committee of the inter
national exhibition at Brussels has ex
tended the time for entries from the
United States to December 81.
The contract for the Red River Valley